1713 Earthquake: Arunachal, Bhutan, India
An earthquake struck Arunachal, Bhutan, India in 1713.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1713
- Place
- Arunachal, Bhutan, India
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.500° N, 93.000° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
According to a Tibetan eyewitness account, in the spring of 1713 there occurred at night, a destructive earthquake in Bhutan which affected a large area, the extent of which is not given. It destroyed all houses in all districts causing many fatalities. The same earthquake is reported in numerous contemporary Bhutanese sources, but without any precise year.
Probably this is the same earthquake in neighboring Assam which occurred one night in the reign of Rudra Singh (r. 1696 to 1714). It was most severe and shattered several temples. Damage to the temple structure at Tinkhang on Charaideo Hill, which is southeast of Sibsagar near 26.6 N, 94.5 E may be attributed to this event.
(all above from reference #12711)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 11, 1806, Shannan (Lhoka), Tibet (Xizang Province), China
- September 21, 2009, Tashigang, Bhutan
- April 28, 2021, Assam, India
- October 23, 1943, Assam, India
- February 23, 2006, Tashigang, Bhutan
- May 11, 2012, Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam, India
- July 29, 1947, India-China
- December 31, 2009, Dametsi, Bhutan
- October 29, 2009, Mongar, Pemagatsel, Tashigang, Bhutan
- December 10, 1846, India
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10498.